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ReviewCancers2023

Role of Mitochondrial Transporters on Metabolic Rewiring of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: A Comprehensive Review.

Graziantonio Lauria, Rosita Curcio, Paola Lunetti, Stefano Tiziani, Vincenzo Coppola, Vincenza Dolce, Giuseppe Fiermonte, Amer Ahmed

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Graziantonio LauriaDepartment of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6676-0585
Rosita CurcioDepartment of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4077-0101
Paola LunettiDepartment of Bioscience, Biotechnology and Environment, University of Bari, 70125 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7118-1994
Stefano TizianiDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7230-0307
Vincenzo CoppolaDepartment of Cancer Biology and Genetics, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University and Arthur G. James Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6163-1779
Vincenza DolceDepartment of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2966-4866
Giuseppe FiermonteDepartment of Bioscience, Biotechnology and Environment, University of Bari, 70125 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6764-9395
Amer AhmedDepartment of Bioscience, Biotechnology and Environment, University of Bari, 70125 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0503-4045
University of Bari Aldo Moro · ITUniversity of Calabria · ITLivestrong Foundation · USThe Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute · US

Funding

Italian Association for Cancer Research IG 2022 ID 27121Ministry of Education, Universities and Research 2017PAB8EM_002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic cancer is among the deadliest cancers worldwide and commonly presents as pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Metabolic reprogramming is a hallmark of PDAC. Glucose and glutamine metabolism are extensively rewired in order to fulfil both energetic and synthetic demands of this aggressive tumour and maintain favorable redox homeostasis. The mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (MPC), the glutamine carrier (SLC1A5_Var), the glutamate carrier (GC), the aspartate/glutamate carrier (AGC), and the uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2) have all been shown to influence PDAC cell growth and progression. The expression of MPC is downregulated in PDAC and its overexpression reduces cell growth rate, whereas the other four transporters are usually overexpressed and the loss of one or more of them renders PDAC cells unable to grow and proliferate by altering the levels of crucial metabolites such as aspartate. The aim of this review is to comprehensively evaluate the current experimental evidence about the function of these carriers in PDAC metabolic rewiring. Dissecting the precise role of these transporters in the context of the tumour microenvironment is necessary for targeted drug development.

Indexed as

aspartateglutaminemetabolic rewiringmitochondrial carriersPDAC

Identifiers

PMID36672360
PMCPMC9857038
OpenAlexW4313890491

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